New Releases by James Kochalka

Perfect for beginning readers, this quirky and fun graphic novel follows the adventures of a ghost and his pet Squiggle! Johnny Boo is the best little ghost in the whole world, because he has Boo Power. This means that he can go "BOO" really loudly! His pet ghost named Squiggle has Squiggle Power, which means that he can fly and do really fast loop-the-loops. Together they have the world's greatest ghost adventures! And now, for the first time, read the first seven volumes in one book! James Kochalka has won multiple Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Young Readers and has published 14 volumes of the Johnny Boo series. This special On The Go edition collects the first seven into one convenient-to-read book!

Dr. Seuss’s iconic, original dynamic duo is back in graphic novel form—and this time, Sam-I-Am is going to show his grumpy pal that meeting new people isn't scary! In fact, meeting new people is how you make new friends! There's a new neighbor in town and Walter is NOT excited! Sam-I-Am thinks it's time to make a new friend, but meeting people is scary and Walter doesn't do scary. But Sam-I-Am is sure that being a good neighbor is great and might even make Walter happy! What does it even mean to be a good neighbor anyway? Sam-I-Am is about to make sure that Walter finds out!

Dr. Seuss’s iconic, original dynamic duo is back—and this time, Sam-I-Am is going to show his grumpy pal the world beyond green eggs and ham in their own chapter book graphic novel! Sam-I-Am's grumpy best pal Walter is missing out on the great big world but Sam-I-Am is determined to make sure he doesn't miss a thing! After all, that's what best friends are for. Walter doesn't know what the big deal is—sure, it might be nice to have a green eggs and ham picnic on a hike, but doesn't Sam-I-Am know about all of the bugs? And the flowers that make you sneeze? Or the rivers that block your way? No, Walter is not a fan of the outdoors, he certainly is not. And nothing Sam-I-Am will do or say will change his mind. Too bad for Walter, Sam-I-Am is always up for a challenge! With brand-new illustrations and easy-to-follow paneled storytelling, this graphic novel is an excellent bridge for kids transitioning to chapter books—a must-have for young readers and Dr. Seuss fans alike.

Even “the best little ghost in the world” gets bored sometimes! But in the award-winning Johnny Boo series, fun is never far away. For instance, check out this magic hammer… Johnny Boo lets Squiggle borrow his magic hammer so Squiggle can work on a mysterious project, but that leaves Johnny Boo with nothing to do today. He has lots of great ideas about how to spend his time while he waits, but — oh NO! — ends up getting bored of each and every one of them. Not to worry, though. Joined by Squiggle, the Ice Cream Monster, and a BIG new friend, Johnny Boo will still have a hilarious adventure… and maybe even learn something about sharing! It’s the perfect book for any bored kid, from Eisner-winning cartoonist James Kochalka.

Even "the best little ghost in the world" gets bored sometimes! But in the award-winning Johnny Boo series, fun is never far away. For instance, check out this magic hammer... Johnny Boo lets Squiggle borrow his magic hammer so Squiggle can work on a mysterious project, but that leaves Johnny Boo with nothing to do today. He has lots of great ideas about how to spend his time while he waits, but -- oh NO! -- ends up getting bored of each and every one of them. Not to worry, though. Joined by Squiggle, the Ice Cream Monster, and a BIG new friend, Johnny Boo will still have a hilarious adventure... and maybe even learn something about sharing ! It's the perfect book for any bored kid, from Eisner-winning cartoonist James Kochalka.

James Kochalka, el dibujante ganador del premio Eisner, le aporta su humor característico a Banana Zorro, ¡una serie divertidísima de Graphix Chapters! El gran detective Banana Zorro debe volver a su trabajo buscando una tortuga perdida. Mientras más investiga, más descubre, ¡y es peor de lo que pensaba! La Amarga Sociedad Secreta está de vuelta, y con ella, un montón de problemas. ¿Podrán Banana Zorro y su compinche, Flashlight, ponerle fin a la Amarga Sociedad Secreta de una vez y por todas?Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka brings his trademark humor to Banana Fox, an uproariously funny series from Graphix Chapters!The great detective Banana Fox is called back to duty to find a missing turtle. But the deeper he digs, the more he discovers, and it's worse than he thought! The Secret Sour Society is back, and they're mixing up a bunch of trouble. Can Banana Fox and his sidekick, Flashlight, put an end to the Secret Sour Society once and for all?

“The best little ghost in the world” continues his award-winning silliness with a wacky new adventure in a new place: SCHOOL! Johnny Boo doesn’t know what school is, but if Squiggle is going, he wants to go too! School is where you have to wear an apple on your head so the teacher doesn’t mistake you for ice cream and eat you accidentally, right? Well, maybe if your teacher is the Ice Cream Monster. There’s so much to learn! After exploring the mystery of “two plus two,” Johnny Boo and Squiggle try to figure out why the Mean Little Boy got bigger… and wait, how did he grow a mustache? This book is the perfect gift for someone about to enter school, someone who recently finished school, or anyone could use a sweet and silly story about being brave in new situations.

Banana Fox returns for another silly and spunky adventure in this laugh-out-loud series by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka! Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters! Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers aged 6-8. With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka returns with another uproariously funny caper for Banana Fox to sniff out in this critically acclaimed series from Graphix Chapters! Oopsie Doo! Banana Fox has a real mess on his hands this time! When the jail is left in ruins and Sour Grapes is on the run, Banana Fox has very few clues to work with to find him. He's coming across a number of red herrings, so it's clear that something fishy is going on... With the help of Sharyanna, William, and Sour Grapes Jr. (?!), can Banana Fox get to the bottom of this caper, or will the baddies run wild forever?

Guess who’s back for even more wacky outer-space adventures? The Glorkian Warrior and his crew! It’s a sticky, soapy, messy delight from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! What a mess! It all started when Glorkian SuperGrandma told the Glork Patrol they could eat candy for breakfast… now their “Dada,” the Glorkian Warrior, has a lot of cleaning up to do. Super Backpack gets a robot super-suit made of candy wrappers and takes Baby Gonk on the adventure of a lifetime, while Glorkian Warrior stays behind and tries to help the uncontrollable Baby Quackaboodle take a bath. Families come in all kinds… even in outer space. This kooky, colorful adventure will feel hilariously relatable and have kids giggling through story time and bath time alike!

Guess who’s back for even more wacky outer-space adventure? The Glorkian Warrior and his crew! It’s a sticky, soapy, messy delight from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! What a mess! It all started when Glorkian SuperGrandma told the Glork Patrol they could eat candy for breakfast… now their “Dada,” the Glorkian Warrior, has a lot of cleaning up to do. Super Backpack gets a robot super-suit made of candy wrappers and takes Baby Gonk on the adventure of a lifetime, while Glorkian Warrior stays behind and tries to help the uncontrollable Baby Quackaboodle take a bath. Families come in all kinds… even in outer space. This kooky, colorful adventure will feel hilariously relatable and have kids giggling through story time and bath time alike!

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka mixes up another silly and spunky adventure for Banana Fox, the smoothie-sipping sleuth! Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters! Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers aged 6-8. With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka returns with another uproariously funny caper for Banana Fox to sniff out in this critically acclaimed series from Graphix Chapters! Booie Hoo! Banana Fox's late fees have landed him in library jail! And when a familiar foe is found around town and a giant book-eating robot is unleashed, it looks like Sharyanna and William need to step in to save the day. The junior detectives put their heads together, but when their investigation runs cold, an unlikely hero emerges and proves his own sleuthing skills! But without Banana Fox's help, can the trio put Sour Grapes Jr. behind bars for good?

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka makes his Graphix Chapters debut with this laugh-out-loud mystery series! Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters! Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers aged 6-8. With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka brings his trademark humor to Banana Fox, an uproariously funny series from Graphix Chapters! Wowie Pow! The great detective Banana Fox is called back to duty to find a missing turtle. But the deeper he digs, the more he discovers, and it's worse than he thought! The Secret Sour Society is back, and they're mixing up a bunch of trouble. Can Banana Fox and his sidekick, Flashlight, put an end to the Secret Sour Society once and for all?

"Banana Fox's late fees have landed him in library jail! And when a familiar foe is found around town and a giant book-eating robot is unleashed, it looks like Flashlight and William need to step in to save the day. The junior detectives put their heads together, but when their investigation runs cold, an unlikely hero emerges and proves his own sleuthing skills! But without Banana Fox's help, can the trio put Sour Grapes Jr. behind bars for good?"--

Johnny Boo and Squiggle team up with old friends in a jaw-dropping new adventure—to solve a very silly mystery! James Kochalka’s Eisner-Award-winning Johnny Boo series just keeps getting wilder and funnier! This time, a secret thief has stolen Johnny Boo’s ice cream. Armed with his mighty magnifying glass, Johnny Boo will find all the clues and capture the vicious villain. The main suspect is a purple mountain whose peak looks suspiciously like it might be covered in vanilla ice cream. To battle this giant foe, Johnny Boo and his friends must team up and transform into their ultimate form: the MEGA-JOHNNY ULTRA-BOO!

Johnny Boo and Squiggle team up with old friends in a jaw-dropping new adventure--to solve a very silly mystery! The Eisner-Award-winning Johnny Boo series just keeps getting wilder and funnier! This time, a secret thief has stolen Johnny Boo's ice cream. Armed with his mighty magnifying glass, Johnny Boo will find all the clues and capture the vicious villain. The main suspect is a purple mountain whose peak looks suspiciously like it might be covered in vanilla ice cream. To battle this giant foe, Johnny Boo and his friends must team up and transform into their ultimate form: the MEGA JOHNNY ULTRA-BOO! ...But what if the mountain is innocent?

Are you scared of the dark? Did you know that when the clock strikes 12, that's when the midnight monsters come out? Johnny Boo knows, but that won't stop him from skateboarding on the back of a wild Tiger or plucking pumpkin ice cream from the gaping maw of a Spooky Tree. He does it all to impress Susie Boom, the cute little girl ghost who lives on the moon. Hopefully she's watching everything with her telescope!

Johnny Boo is wearing a crown on his head, so that means he's the King! Squiggle wants to be king too, so he puts a rock on his head. After a brief argument, they decide to share their new flying castle and fly to the moon. Or are they just pretending? After a madcap encounter with the Ice Cream Monster, they finally get too sleepy to stay awake... making this silly story excellent for bedtime.

"The best little ghost in the world," and his pet ghost, Squiggle, are back in their most delicious adventure yet! It's a new delightful romp for young readers and families from the award-winning imagination of Vermont's first Cartoonist Laureate, James Kochalka. Johnny Boo creates an incredible Ice Cream Computer that can turn anything into delicious ice cream. Old toys that you don't want to play with anymore? Ice cream! Clods of dirt and grass? Ice cream! It works great... until Squiggle decides to turn himself into ice cream! Then: Johnny Boo time travels to the future, where the Mean Little Boy tries to add him to his butterfly collection. Can Squiggle save the day, or will everyone get turned into ice cream??

Two lovable dirtbag teens, tired of being bullied, build a robot battle suit to take revenge on their entire high school. But they never expected to become... kind of popular? Experience the thrill of keg parties, gym classes, bear attacks, first kisses, cafeteria trays, and car crashes... but with mechanical enhancement! It's an action-packed dark-comedy teen-romance for the ages, from Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka (American Elf, Superf*ckers).

“The Sucker Punch” concludes James Kochalka’s first SF miniseries… but wait, there’s more! A Christmas bonus in the form of a bonus 16-page holiday special, “The Superf*ckers Save X-Mas!” All that and back-up tales by Becca Tobin and Tom Eccles, too!

James Kochalka leads his team into “The Stupid Zone” as only he can… Also features an overheated back-up tale by Rachel Lindsay!

Jack Krak leads a missing to Dimension Zero, and as you might expect with Ðthe mother*ckerÓ in charge, things don�t exactly go as planned€ Also features an ÐupdatedÓ back-up tale by Box Brown!

In this third installment, the inept intergalactic hero and his talking backpack, confront the mustache of destiny.

What does Johnny Boo do when there's nothing to do?

On his way to work, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and starts an expedition to the North Pole.

The second adventure of an inept space hero and his talking backback on patrol.

'Johnny Boo zooms to the moon on a star-powered skateboard, where he meets a spunky little girl ghost named Susie Boom. She has BOOM power, which is pretty darn loud. Luckily, the moon has ice cream. But oh no! It also has an ice cream monster, just like back on Earth. This book fulfills the dreams of many of our young readers, who said they wanted Johnny Boo to visit the moon. And many others who wanted to see Johnny Boo ride a skateboard. They will all be delighted by this very silly adventure.

The Glorkian Warrior isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so it's good he's got his trusty talking backpack to advise him as they set out on a perilous journey to deliver a pizza. The pizza's got clams and peanut butter on it, so it's not clear who's going to want it, but deliver it they will. With bright, lively illustrations and classic pratfalls, this graphic novel for kids is 112 pages of super icky gross-out humor and ludicrously bad decisions— in other words, The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza by James Kochalka is a winner.

What does Johnny Boo do when there's nothing to do? Johnny Boo Does Something! In fact, he does a LOT of things! Watch Johnny Boo have a Boring Adventure and discover Yawn Power, write an angry letter to Ice Cream Magazine, get a squiggly new hairdo, fall to the bottom of Ice Cream Hole #25, and celebrate the maybe-birthday of his pet ghost Squiggle, all adding up to the most inventive Johnny Boo book yet!

What does Johnny Boo do when there's nothing to do? Johnny Boo Does Something! In fact, he does a LOT of things! Watch Johnny Boo have a Boring Adventure and discover Yawn Power, write an angry letter to Ice Cream Magazine, get a squiggly new hairdo, fall to the bottom of Ice Cream Hole #25, and celebrate the maybe-birthday of his pet ghost Squiggle, all adding up to the most inventive Johnny Boo book yet.